Censo de aves invernantes en Baleares, enero 2023

[eng] Census of wintering birds in the Balearics, January 2023. The January census covered the four largest islands (Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza, and Formentera). Also included, a roosting site census of Red Kite Milvus milvus, with the result reported separately. In total, excluding...

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Authors: Moussa, Patrick, Méndez, Xavier, Suárez, Manolo, Cardona, Esteban
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2022
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de las Islas Baleares
Repository:Biblioteca Digital de les Illes Balears
OAI Identifier:anuariGob:AOB_2022v37p046
Online Access:http://ibdigital.uib.es/greenstone/sites/oai-site/collect/anuariGob/index/assoc/AOB_2022/v37p046.dir/AOB_2022v37p046.pdf
http://ibdigital.uib.es/greenstone/library/collection/anuariGob/document/AOB_2022v37p046
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Birds -- Spain -- Balearic Islands -- Inventories
Ornithology
Ornithology -- Balearic Islands
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Summary:[eng] Census of wintering birds in the Balearics, January 2023. The January census covered the four largest islands (Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza, and Formentera). Also included, a roosting site census of Red Kite Milvus milvus, with the result reported separately. In total, excluding the Red Kite, 23,913 birds of 72 species were counted; 78.79 % of the birds were counted in Mallorca, 10.76 % in Menorca, 7.46 % in Ibiza and 2.76 % in Formentera. The most abundant species were waterfowl with 8,896 birds, 3,530 ardeids, predominantly Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis, 2,993 rails (rallidae) of which 1,506 where Eurasian Coots Fulicula atra, 5,173 waders, predominantly Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria, Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus and Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus.